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M. N. GASTLEMAN. UHURN .GLOSURR 110.417 663. Patented Deo. 17, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS N. OASTLEMAN, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY PALMER AND GEORGE E. KING, OF SAME PLACE.

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ASPIEICIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,663, dated December 17, 1889.

V Application filed March Z, 1889. Serial No. 301,741. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS N. CAsTLEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurns, of which the following iS a specification. Thev object of this invention is to construct a chine-ring used in the make-up of a churn, said chine-ring rising above the chine of the churn to receive a head and provided with uprising ears to receive a fastening for holding the head in place.

The further object is to construct a head to be used in connection with the chine-ring.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a churn embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the chine-ring removed from the churn. Fig. 3 is an under face view of a head, showing its construction. Fig. 4 is a section on dotted' line X, Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a section on dotted line Y, Fig. l.

The churn proper l (represented in the drawings) may be of any of the known constructions. The inner face of the churn is provided with a croze-groove 2, as in ordinary churns. Vithin this groove 2 is seated a chine-ring 3 by a projection 4 entering said groove. The chine-ring extends above the chine of the churn for the purpose of receiving a removable head. At four stated intervals ears 5 rise from the chine-ring, and are perforated for the reception of a suitable fastening. At the point-s Where the ears rise from the ring the ring is provided with projections 6. The inner edge of these projections is slightly raised to form a seat for the packing of the head. By this construction of a chine-ring I have secured all the advantages of an earless chine-ring, and at the same time cast the ears integral with the ring, which makes a much simpler construction than when the ears are secured on the outside of the churn by bolts passing through the ears and churn.

The removable head represented in the drawings consists of the main wood portion '7, having its outer edge irregular in form corresponding to the irregular form of the upper surface of the chine-ring. A packing 8, of cork or other suitable material, is placed in a recess formed in the outer under face of the head. A metallic ring 9, of angle-iron form. is secured to the upper face of the head and a portion depending around the periphery of the head and holds the wooden portion of the head from warping and also the cork packing in position. Radial arms l0 span the upper space of the head, thereby imparting strength to the head.

A well-known fastening, consisting of the central disk ll and radial moving arms 12, is secured 'to .the upper face of the removable head, and the movement of the bolts Will engage the ears of the chifnefrin g, thereby pressing the head rmly in contact with the chinering and producing a water-tight joint.

It is evident that any fastening capable of being used in connection with the chine-ring and head herein described may be so employed Without departing from the scope of my invention.

In my application, No. 263,927, iiled February 13, 1888, I have shown, described, and claimed, broadly, a chine-ring extending upward along the interior of the churn and above its chine.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination of a churn, a removable head, and a chine-ring iixed in the churn, said chine-ring extending upward along the interior of the churn and extending above the chine of the churn to receive the removable head, and provided with uprising ears or lugs, substantially as set forth.

2. The .combination of a churn, a removable head, and a chine-ring fixed in the churn, said chine-ring extending upward alongv the interior of the churn and extending above the chine of the churn to receive the rem0v.

able head, and provided with uprising ears or lugs, and means engaging the ears or lugs for securing the removable head to the chine- -ring, substantially as set forth.

corresponding with the conformation of the chine-ring, and means for securing the r'e- Io movable head to the chine-ring, substantially as set forth.

MORRIS N. CASTLEMAN. Witnesses:

F. J. WEMPLE, A. O. BEHEL. 

